Communicative task: Imagine you are attending the English drama club at school.

In order to meet the rest of the participants, you are going to have to introduce yourself to the
group.

Introduce yourself to the class by writing 2 paragraphs, an introductory paragraph including a greeting, your name, personal interests related to acting (films you like, actors,
actresses, etc), and a second paragraph including the reason why you want to participate in the drama club. Provide examples for your personal interests and the reasons why
participating in the drama club.

These paragraphs should include a minimum of 100 words, but no more than 150.

Age group: 16 year-old

Level of English: Upper-Intermediate


Criteria 10-9
Content Accuracy (all facts The four key elements are
required) included in the essay
(greetings, name, personal
interests and reasons why
participating)
Students give two or more
examples of interests and
reasons why participating.
Grammar (Punctuation, Students make no grammatical
Spelling) mistakes.
There is no presence of
punctuation or spelling
mistakes.
Length of the Essay The essay includes the two
(Paragraphs and Words) paragraphs and in between 136
-150 words.
The amount of words is
balanced in each paragraph
(each paragraph has more or
less the same amount of words)
Organization of the essay Ideas are perfectly organized
and its ideas and they are linked smoothly
and clearly.
There is a logical progress of
Analytic Rubric
8-7
Three of the elements are
included in the essay.
Students provide one or two
examples of interests and
reasons why participating.
Students make a few
grammatical and/or
punctuation/spelling mistakes.
Essay is still readable.
The essay includes in between
121 -135 words
Each paragraph is well
balanced (each paragraph has
more or less the same amount
of words)
Ideas have a few
organizational mistakes.
There is still a logical
progress of the paragraphs
Levels of Proficiency
6-5
Two of the elements are
included in the essay.
One example is provided for
interests or reasons why
participating
Students make many
grammatical and/or
punctuation/spelling mistakes
that may somewhat distract
the reading.
The essay includes in between
101 -120 words.
Each paragraph has a few
differences in the amount of
words.
Ideas are somehow organized
but there is little conflict of
linkage between them.
4-3
One of the elements is
included in the essay.
No examples provided for
interests and reasons why
participating.
Students make several
grammatical and/or
punctuation/spelling mistakes
that distract the reading.
The essay includes less than
100 words.
The amount of words in each
paragraph has lack of balance.
Ideas lack of an appropriate
organization.
There are still inconsistencies
in the logical progress of the
2-0
One or none of the elements is
included in the essay.
There are no examples
provided for interests and
reasons why participating.
Students’ work is full of
grammatical mistakes.
There is a lack of punctuation
and spelling mistakes are
present in every sentence,
essay is unintelligible.
The essay includes just one
paragraph and less than 100
words.
The amount of words in each
paragraph is not balanced at
all.
Ideas are not organized
coherently.
There is no clear linkage
 the paragraphs (from greetings (from greetings to the reasons Few inconsistencies in the paragraphs. between each idea.
to the reasons why why participating) logical progress of the
participating) paragraphs. The essay has no logical
progress of the paragraphs.

Quality of the Information The information is clearly The information is related to Part of the information is Certain information is The information is not related
related to the task. the topic of the task related to the task connected to the task. to the task.

The examples provided are The examples are connected Some of the examples are Examples provided are not There are no examples
totally connected to the topic to the topic of the essay. connected to the topic of the related to the topic of the provided to the topic of the
of the essay. essay. essay. essay.

Score

Total Score:________________________

Holistic Rubric
 Outstanding
• The four key elements are
included in the essay
(greetings, name, personal
interests and reasons why
participating) and students
give two or more examples of
interests and reasons why
participating.
• Students make no
grammatical mistakes and
there is no presence of
punctuation or spelling
mistakes.
• The essay includes the two
paragraphs and in between
136 -150 words and the
amount of words is balanced
in each paragraph (each
paragraph has more or less the
same amount of words).
• Ideas are perfectly organized
and they are linked smoothly
and clearly and there is a
logical progress of the
paragraphs (from greetings to
the reasons why participating)
• The information is clearly
related to the task and the
examples provided are totally
connected to the topic of the
essay.
Good
• Three of the elements are
included in the essay and
students provide one or two
examples of interests and
reasons why participating.
• Students make a few
grammatical and/or
punctuation/spelling
mistakes and the essay is
still readable.
• The essay includes in
between 121 -135 words and
each paragraph is well
balanced (each paragraph
has more or less the same
amount of words).
• Ideas have a few
organizational mistakes and
there is still a logical
progress of the paragraphs
(from greetings to the
reasons why participating).
• The information is related to
the topic of the task and the
examples are connected to
the topic of the essay.
Reasonable
• Two of the elements are
included in the essay and
one example is provided for
interests or reasons why
participating
• Students make many
grammatical and/or
punctuation/spelling
mistakes that may somewhat
distract the reading.
• The essay includes in
between 101 -120 words and
each paragraph has a few
differences in the amount of
words.
• Ideas are somehow
organized but there is little
conflict of linkage between
them and there are few
inconsistencies in the logical
progress of the paragraphs.
• Part of the information is
related to the task and some
of the examples are
connected to the topic of the
essay.
Weak Very Poor
• One of the elements is • One or none of the elements
included in the essay and no is included in the essay and
examples provided for there are no examples
interests and reasons why provided for interests and
participating. reasons why participating.
• Students make several • Students’ work is full of
grammatical and/or grammatical mistakes and
punctuation/spelling there is a lack of punctuation
mistakes that distract the and spelling mistakes are
reading. present in every sentence,
essay is unintelligible.
• The essay includes less than
100 words and the amount of • The essay includes just one
words in each paragraph has paragraph and less than 100
lack of balance. words and the amount of
words in each paragraph is
• Ideas lack of an appropriate not balanced at all.
organization and there are
still inconsistencies in the • Ideas are not organized
logical progress of the coherently; there is no clear
paragraphs. linkage between each idea
and the essay has no logical
• Certain information is progress of the paragraphs.
connected to the task and the
examples provided are not • The information is not
related to the topic of the related to the task and there
essay. are no examples provided to
the topic of the essay.